Pipe system for hot-air heating



Nov. 19, 1929.

E. F. RUIHLEY PIPE SYSTEM FOR HOT AIR HEATING Filed Nov. 15, 1928 5' Sheets-Sheet l glwoantoc Emma? Nov. 19, 1929. E. F; RUIHLEY PIPE SYSTEM FOR HOT AIR HEATING Filed Nov. 13, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet B v 7 Nov. 19, 1929. E. F. RUIHLEY 1,736;222

PIPE SYSTEM FOR HOT AIR HEATING Filed Nov 13. 1928 s sheets-sheet a gwomto o Patented Nov. 19, 1929 ELLIOT ronnsr RUIHLEY, or "roLEno,- oHIo PIPE SYSTEM For. HOT-AIR HEATING Application filed November 13, 1928 Serial No. 319,066.

provide a single conduit leading from the heater in the cellar which is hereinafter referred to as a central riser. This communicates with a suspended distribution chamber located below the first floor and haying branches leading therefrom into the rooms of the first and second floors respectively as hereinafter described.

Another object of the invention is to provide the distribution chamber with a series of bafiles which may be independently adjusted .and thus proportion the relative amount of air led through the'various branches to the different rooms of the house.

Numerous additional objects ofa subordinate nature will be apparent to those skilled in the art from a reading of the following specification taken in conjunction with the drawings attached hereto and forming a part hereof.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a house with my heating system applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; V

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 3'3ofFig.l; 7 7 V Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on line %-i of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 1; V

Fig. 6 is ,a detailed view of'the distribution chamber and laterals, while Fig. 7 is another detailed view, in section,

of the distribution chamber. I I

Referring now to the drawings wherein like referencecharacters indicate like parts,

side the wall 5. This central riser communi-. cates at its upper extremity with what 18 1 represents a heater of conventional style having a pipe portion 2 thereover communieating with a central riser 3 passing through an opening in the floor 4: and extending alon hereinafter termed a distributionchamber 6 extending laterally through the wall 5 and suspended just below the first floor ceiling.

' 59 Sufficient space is allowed by. a drop ceiling below the first floor ceiling for this distribution chamber which may be in a closet, hallway or other convenient location where the ordinary'head room'is notnecessary. -From the invention so far described it will be apparent that the multiplicity of pipes ordinarily used in the basement are dispensed with, with the attendant fire hazards whensuch pipes are placed in a horizontal position in close proximity to the wood construction. Obviously the central riser may be insulated and inasmuch as the flow of heat in a gravity system is naturallyupwardly the central riser is'a natural outlet. F or the purpose ofheating the first floor rooms I provide whatare termed laterals 7 and 8 which are secured to the distribution chamber near the lower portions thereof and extend to, forinstance, the living room and the'kitchen. Thedistribution chamberis further provided with upwardly and horizontallyextending laterals 9 and 10, preferably positioned at diametri-' cally opposed points as shown in detail in Fig. 6.. 2 By this arrangement it willbe seen that the laterals for the firstfioor' discharge into the first floor rooms near the 'fc'eil'ing therefor while the laterals for the second floor;

rooms discharge into the near the second floor.

second fioonrooms The distribution chamber is 'eiiabiy provided with baffles generally indicated by j y reference numerals 11, 12, 13 and I l-which if'desired may be selectively" adjustedto proportion-the amount of heat desired to enter any particular portion of the li ouse'j into,

which a. given lateral discharges. As shown I further make provision for thereturn of cold air to the furnace byprovidinga passage surrounding the central heat' riser illusvtrated generally by reference numeral 15.. I From the foregoing it ,wi-llbe apparentthat the invention comprehend s particularly ithe use of an elevated distribution chamber/of substantial size communicating with a single riser for receiving hot air from the furnace,

which distribution chamber is located under thesecond'fi oor ceiling and all of the laterals cumbersome pipes ordinarily used with such.

systems.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A hot air heating system of the character described comprising a heater, a central riser communicating therewith for conveying upwardly the hot air, a distribution chamber supported immediately below the first floor ceiling, a plurality of laterally extending conduits communicating with the distribution chamber and discharging into the first floor rooms near the ceiling'thereof and a series of additional conduits communicating with the distribution chamber and extending upwardly and thence outwardly and discharging into the second floor rooms near the floor thereof. 1

V: 2. A hot air heating system of the character herein described, comprising a heater, a central riser communicating therewith for conveying upwardly the hot air, a laterally extending distribution chamber supported below the second floor of a building and posi- V tioned in close proximity to said floor, a plurality of relatively short laterals leading from the distribution chamber and discharging into the first fioor rooms near the ceiling thereof and a plurality of additional laterals secured, to the distribution chamber and ex"- tending upwardly and thence outwardly and discharging into the second floor rooms near fthe floor thereof.

3. A hot air heating systemfor houses comprlslng a heater, acentral riser communlcating therewith and extending substantially to theceiling of the first floor of the. house, a

horizontally disposed distribution 7 chamber secured at one end to the central riser and -ex tending laterally therefrom and supported immediately adjacent the ceiling of the first I floor and lateral hotair conduits communicatingwith the distribution chamber and-discharging into the first floor rooms adjacent the -ceiling thereof and into the second floor rooms-adjacent the floor thereof respectively.

' -4;.-;A hot air heating system of the character descr-ibed, comprising a furnace, a centraliriser having ;a portion thereof surroundshorter the second floor ceiling, a distribu ing the furnace for collecting and discharging, hot air upwardly through the central riser,fsaid central riser terminating just tion chamber, said central riser'discharging into the distribution chamber, laterals com- .municating with the distribution chamber substantially at the ends thereof and discharging into thefirstfloor rooms near the ceiling thereof, and a'plurality of additional laterals intermediate the ends. of the distributio'n chamber and extending upwardly and thence horizontally and discharging into the.

second floor rooms near the floor thereof.

15 i In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

4 ELLIOT FOREST RUIHLE'Y. 

